Raynette Turner Aged 42 Mother of 8 Mount Vernon New York

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Turner’s husband, Herman, and his lawyer, Osvaldo Gonzalez, observed the press conference. Gonzalez said afterward that answers were still needed as to why a sick woman charged with a misdemeanor was kept in custody so long. Herman Turner had gone to the hospital at some point Sunday but was told she had not been treated there.

A woman being held in the same area told The Journal News this week that she could hear Turner coughing and retching for most of the night. A screener who saw Turner Monday morning reported Turner vomited again after being brought to a court holding cell that day, before being returned to the city jail, where she died.

Thursday night, Doris Cohan, the pastor of the church at 15 Monroe St., chanted to those at Turner’s wake there, “Her death will not be in vain!” adding, “You gotta believe it right now! And her living will not be in vain!”

Turner was held in police custody on a petty larceny charge for allegedly stealing crab legs from Restaurant Depot.